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Lexicon :: Strong's H4843 - mārar

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מָרַר
Transliteration
mārar
Pronunciation
maw-rar'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1248

Strong’s Definitions

מָרַר mârar, maw-rar'; a primitive root; properly, to trickle (see H4752); but used only as a denominative from H4751; to be (causatively, make) bitter (literally or figuratively):—(be, be in, deal, have, make) bitter(-ly, -ness), be moved with choler, (be, have sorely, it) grieved(-eth), provoke, vex.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x

The KJV translates Strong's H4843 in the following manner: bitterness (3x), bitter (2x), bitterly (2x), choler (2x), grieved (2x), vexed (2x), bitterness (with H4751) (1x), grieved him (1x), provoke (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x
The KJV translates Strong's H4843 in the following manner: bitterness (3x), bitter (2x), bitterly (2x), choler (2x), grieved (2x), vexed (2x), bitterness (with H4751) (1x), grieved him (1x), provoke (1x).

  1. to be bitter

    1. (Qal) to be bitter

    2. (Piel)

      1. to show bitterness

      2. to make bitter

    3. (Hiphil) to make bitter, embitter

    4. (Hithpalpel)

      1. to embitter oneself

      2. to be enraged

  2. (TWOT) to be strong, strengthen

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מָרַר mârar, maw-rar'; a primitive root; properly, to trickle (see H4752); but used only as a denominative from H4751; to be (causatively, make) bitter (literally or figuratively):—(be, be in, deal, have, make) bitter(-ly, -ness), be moved with choler, (be, have sorely, it) grieved(-eth), provoke, vex.
STRONGS H4843: Abbreviations
† I. מָרַר verb be bitter (Late Hebrew id.; Assyrian marâru and derivatives DlHWB 427; Arabic bdb060002 become roused (of bile), II. make bitter, IV. become bitter; bdb060003 bitter; Ethiopic bdb060004; Aramaic bdb060005, מְרַר); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular מַר Isaiah 38:17 + 2 times; 3rd person feminine singular מָ֫רָה 1 Samuel 30:6; 2 Kings 4:27; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יֵמַר Isaiah 24:9; — be bitter:
1. literal יֵמַר שֵׁכָר לְשֹׁתָיו Isaiah 24:9.
2. figurative מָ֫רָה נֶפֶשׁ 1 Samuel 30:6 the soul of all the people was bitter against (עַלֿ); נַפְשָׁהּ מָ֫רָהלָֿהּ 2 Kings 4:27 her soul, it is bitter to her (i.e. she is in bitter distress); impersonal מַרלִֿי מְאֹד מִכֶּם Ruth 1:13 it is very bitter to me on your account (I am much distressed), compare Lamentations 1:4. — לְשָׁלוֺם מַרלִֿי מָ֑ר Isaiah 38:17 is dubious; CheComm. for (my) welfare was it (so) bitter to me, (so) bitter, compare Brd; so De Kau (treating מר apparently as adjective); < Drechsl. Di for my welfare did the bitter become bitter to me (מָ֑ר adjective); Lo Gr, compare Buhl (sub מַר adjective), read מָר for מַר (√ מור), the bitter is changed for me into welfare; CheHpt strike out מָ֑ר; Du (after Greek Version of the LXX) strike out clause as gloss.
Pi. Imperfect 1st person singular אֲמָרֵר Isaiah 22:4; 3rd person masculine plural וַיְמָֽרֲרוּ Exodus 1:14, suffix וַיְמָֽרֲרֻהוּ Genesis 49:23; — make bitter, shew bitterness: —
1. וַיְמ׳ Genesis 49:23 (poem) and the archers shewed bitterness (i.e. bitter hostility) toward him (suffix of indirect object); אֲמָרֵר בַּבֶּכִ֑י Isaiah 22:4 I will shew bitterness in weeping (= weep bitterly).
2. אֶתחַֿיֵּיהֶם וַיְמ׳ Exodus 1:14 (P) and they made their lives bitter by slavery.
Hiph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular הֵמַר Ruth 1:20; Job 27:2; Imperfect 2nd person masculine singular תַּמֵּר Exodus 23:21 (but read תֶּ֫מֶר √ מרה Hiph. which see); Infinitive absolute הָמֵר Zechariah 12:10 (twice in verse); — make bitter, shew bitterness:
1. שַׁדַּי הֵמַר נַפְשִׁי Job 27:2 Shadday, who hath embittered my soul; הֵמַר שַׁדַּי לִי מְאֹד Ruth 1:20.
2. וְהָמֵר עָלָיו כְּהָמֵר עַלהַֿבְּכוֺר Zechariah 12:10 and a bitter outcry (= literally shewing bitterness; || מִסְפֵּד, סָפַד) over him, like a bitter outcry over the first-born.
Hithpalp. Imperfect וְיִתְמַרְמַר Daniel 11:11 and the king of the south shall embitter himself (be enraged); אֶלֿ וַיִּתְמ׳ Daniel 8:7 and he was enraged against.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

49:23; 49:23

Exodus

1:14; 1:14; 23:21

Ruth

1:13; 1:20; 1:20

1 Samuel

30:6; 30:6

2 Kings

4:27; 4:27

Job

27:2; 27:2

Isaiah

22:4; 22:4; 24:9; 24:9; 38:17; 38:17

Lamentations

1:4

Daniel

8:7; 11:11

Zechariah

12:10; 12:10

H4843

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Strong's Number H4843 matches the Hebrew מָרַר (mārar),
which occurs 14 times in 13 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:23 - “The archers H1167 H2671 bitterly H4843 attacked him,
And shot H7232 at him and harassed H7852 him;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:14 - and they made H4843 their lives H2416 bitter H4843 with hard H7186 labor H5656 in mortar H2563 and bricks H3843 and at all H3605 kinds of labor H5656 in the field, H7704 all H3605 their labors H5656 which H834 they rigorously H6531 [fn]imposed H5647 on them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:21 - “Be on your guard H8104 before H4480 H6440 him and obey H8085 his voice; H6963 do not be rebellious H4784 toward him, for he will not pardon H5375 your transgression, H6588 since H3588 My name H8034 is in him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:13 - would you therefore H3860 wait H7663 until H5704 H834 they were grown? H1431 Would you therefore H3860 refrain H5702 from marrying? H1166 H1961 H376 No, H408 my daughters; H1323 for it is [fn]harder H3966 H4843 for me than H4480 for you, for the hand H3027 of the LORD H3068 has gone H3318 forth H3318 against me.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:20 - She said H559 to them, “Do not call H7121 me [fn]Naomi; H5281 call H7121 me [fn]Mara, H4755 for [fn]the Almighty H7706 has dealt H4843 very H3966 bitterly H4843 with me.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:27 - When she came H935 to the man H376 of God H430 to the hill, H2022 she caught H2388 hold H2388 of his feet. H7272 And Gehazi H1522 came H5066 near H5066 to push H1920 her away; H1920 but the man H376 of God H430 said, H559 “Let H7503 her alone, H7503 for her soul H5315 is [fn]troubled H4843 within her; and the LORD H3068 has hidden H5956 it from me and has not told H5046 me.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:2 - “As God H410 lives, H2416 who has taken H5493 away H5493 my right, H4941
And the Almighty, H7706 who has embittered H4843 my soul, H5315

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:4 - Therefore H5921 H3651 I say, H559 “Turn H8159 your eyes H8159 away H4480 from me,
Let me weep H1065 bitterly, H4843
Do not [fn]try H213 to comfort H5162 me concerning H5921 the destruction H7701 of the daughter H1323 of my people.” H5971

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:9 - They do not drink H8354 wine H3196 with song; H7892
Strong H7941 drink H7941 is bitter H4843 to those who drink H8354 it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:17 - “Lo, H2009 for my own welfare H7965 I had H4843 great H4751 bitterness; H4751
It is You who has [fn]kept H2836 my soul H5315 from the pit H7845 of [fn]nothingness, H1097
For You have cast H7993 all H3605 my sins H2399 behind H310 Your back. H1460

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:7 - I saw H7200 him come H5060 beside H681 the ram, H352 and he was enraged H4843 at him; and he struck H5221 the ram H352 and shattered H7665 his two H8147 horns, H7161 and the ram H352 had H1961 no H3808 strength H3581 to withstand H5975 him. So he hurled H7993 him to the ground H776 and trampled H7429 on him, and there was none H3808 to rescue H5337 the ram H352 from his [fn]power. H3027

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:11 - “The king H4428 of the South H5045 will be enraged H4843 and go H3318 forth H3318 and fight H3898 [fn]with the king H4428 of the North. H6828 Then the latter will raise H5975 a great H7227 multitude, H1995 but that multitude H1995 will be given H5414 into [fn]the hand H3027 of the former.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:10 - “I will pour H8210 out on the house H1004 of David H1732 and on the inhabitants H3427 of Jerusalem, H3389 [fn]the Spirit H7307 of grace H2580 and of supplication, H8469 so that they will look H5027 on Me whom H834 they have pierced; H1856 and they will mourn H5594 for Him, as one mourns H5594 for an only H3173 son, H3173 and they will weep H4843 bitterly H4843 over H5921 Him like the bitter H4843 weeping H4843 over H5921 a firstborn. H1060
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